Bookbinding
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| Bookbinding merit badge | ||||
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| Status: | Discontinued | BSA Advancement ID: | 30 | |
| Created: | 1927 | Original/new/replaced: | ||
| Discontinued: | 1987 | Replaced by: | ||
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| Bookbinding is a discontinued merit badge. Bookbinding Merit Badge begun in 1927 and discontinued in 1987. It is now part of the Graphic Arts merit badge. |
Merit badge requirements
- 1. Briefly describe the two principal sewing methods of binding or rebinding books by hand; tell when each should be used.
- 2. Make a scrapbook using binder's board and book cloth or a worthy substitute.
- 3. Rebind a book of four or more issues of a magazine, using binder's board and book cloth.
- 4. Do ONE of the following:
- (a) Visit a bindery and make an oral report to your counselor on the observed method of binding a book, pamphlet or magazine.
- (b) Write an article of at least 200 words on bookbinding as a career.
| The official source for the information shown in this article or section is: Boy Scout Requirements, 1969 Edition |
Notes
Bookbinding Merit Badge had two designs: one with a bookmark and one without.
See also
- Graphic Arts (active merit badge)
